Spooky Halloween trail opens under supermoon at Kew Gardens

(18 Oct 2024)
UK KEW HALLOWEEN

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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK - 17 October
1. Mid of aeroplane crossing the supermoon
2. Mid of actor playing a witch with a cauldron
3. Close of the supermoon
4. Wide of the witch
5. Various of actor playing a creepy character of a ghost
6. Various of actor playing a sea monster
7. Wide set up shot of Daire Basra walking
8. Close of creepy scarecrow
9. Mid of Daire Basra looking at scarecrow
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daire Basra, head of event operations, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew:
"So this is the first time Kew Gardens has hosted Halloween at Kew. We're very excited to do so. After many successful years of hosting Christmas a Kew, we just realized that Halloween has become a lot more popular in the UK in recent years, and we just want to create a lovely experience for families to come and make memories at."

11. Close of jack o' lantern
12. Low angle of jack o' lantern and scarecrow
13. Wide of actor playing possessed scarecrow walking towards camera
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daire Basra, head of event operations, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew:
"It's not too scary at all. It's designed to spook rather than terrify. It's got multiple different layers to it as well - we've got three different time slots of daylight, a twilight and a moonlight. And what happens is maybe the spook level just increases ever so slightly as the evening goes on. But it's an event suitable for all ages."

15. Wide of laser light show
16. Wide of spiders' web tunnel
17. Close of spider
18. Wide tilt down of carnivorous tree
19. Close of tree root eating skeleton
20. Wide of tree roots eating skeleton
21. Close of skeleton
22. Various set up shots of Kevin Martin
23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kevin Martin, head of tree collection, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew:
"It's really interesting. It's quite ironic, really. When we look at this tree, the carnivorous tree, it's eating skeletons. And when we look at nature, that's what's happening within the ecosystem. When the leaves drop, and the organic matter breaks down, the tree uses that and that's what builds in the growth. So it's amazing really to see it in this spooky light. But it's sort of telling a story of nature, how trees react with their environment and how they use all the things around and they break it down and then use that for growth. So yeah, it's quite exciting."

24. Low angle tilt down of tree
25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kevin Martin, head of tree collection, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
"Yeah, that's what we want to spook people. You know, that's the idea of this trial with the canopies closing down, and especially here in the oak collection, it's very dark. Then if you look back, it does look spooky, so that's the aim. We hope it does give people a bit of a 'ooh, I don't quite like this, it's a bit uncomfortable' because that's the fun of it and it's really exciting to see this in the arboretum."

26. Close of tree branches with thunderstorm light show
27. Wide of path through the Halloween trail
28. Close of sign reading: (English) "Monsters Ahead"
29. Wide of phantoms
30. Close of phantom
31. Low angle of Jack o' lanterns
32. Zoom to creepy scarecrow

LEADIN:

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is opening its doors after hours for a spooky Halloween trail.

The first Halloween trail at Kew features actors, creepy light installations and a carnivorous tree.

Right now, even the cosmos is lending a hand with an eerie supermoon in the sky.

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